The Last of Us Gets Delayed

Thursday, February 14th, 2013

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Naughty Dog’s PlayStation 3 survival action-adventure game The Last of Us, which was supposed to release on May 7, 2013, has been delayed until June 14, 2013. The developer has issued a statement to Gamespot giving fans the reason behind this delay:

As a team we pride ourselves on setting a very high quality bar for every aspect of our games–gameplay, story, art, design, technology and more. We want to make sure The Last of Us raises that bar even further – for ourselves, and most importantly, our fans.

As we entered the final phase of development for The Last of Us, we came to realise just how massive Joel and Ellie’s journey is. But instead of cutting corners or compromising our vision, we came to the tough decision that the game deserved a few extra weeks to ensure every detail of The Last of Us was up to Naughty Dog’s internal high standards.

What's up everyone? Crystal here! I spend my time writing up the news for you all and keeping us all up to date with incoming game info from Japan. I do a little bit of everything else around here, too. 🙂 Happy Reading!

Is it weird that I am OK with this being delayed?! My back log is piling up through the roof with Tomb Raider and much much more AAA on its way … this can wait. Delays are usually a good thing (unless your Aliens: Colonial Marines).